Tyson Page #5

Synopsis: Mike Tyson narrates his life story as a reaction to fear and as a resolution not to be bullied or humiliated as he was when a boy in Brooklyn's mean streets. He starts boxing while at a state detention center; his coach there sends him to Cus D'Amato who becomes trainer, father figure, and confidence builder. Tyson wins a series of championships and, for six years, is unbeatable. A failed marriage, a felony conviction, and lack of training lead to his fall. We see later losing fights and archive footage of other incidents in his life. Tyson concludes by speaking philosophically about being a father and trying to be a better person.
Director(s): James Toback
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  1 win & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
83
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
R
Year:
2008
90 min
$825,450
Website
448 Views


RORY:
Damn.

- Come on, Rory.

How many times you gotta strike out

before you call it a night?

Yo, wait up.

GIRL:
Come on, girl. Let's just go.

TYSON:
Hey, yo, yo.

RORY:
Man, they're running away.

TYSON:
Yo, yo, yo!

RORY:
Damn.

- I like the one on the right, man.

- Damn, you probably scaring them.

- It's fine. Yo!

GIRL:
Come on. Over here.

TYSON:
Da... What they doing?

Come on, now.

TYSON:

They must have went in here.

- They here.

RORY:
Come on. They're not here.

TYSON:
They hiding.

PROPRIETESS:
What are you looking for?

RORY:
Come on, they're gone.

PROPRIETESS:
What do you want?

RORY:
Damn, man.

PROPRIETESS:
You can't go back there.

TYSON:
Girlies, what's up?

- Out. You go!

TYSON:

Where y'all at?

PROPRIETESS:
Hey.

- Hey, what are you doing back here?

- Get out.

- Yo, this sh*t ain't cool, man. Come on.

- Hey, get out.

TYSON:
Get off. Get off me.

PROPRIETOR:

Call police. Call police.

- Get out of here.

RORY:
Come on, nigga.

PROPRIETESS:
Hello? Give me police.

RORY:
All for some f***ing p*ssy.

PROPRIETOR:
You people the same.

PROPRIETESS:
I call the police.

F*** you, b*tch.

Call the f***ing police.

RORY:
What's wrong with you?

Come on, Mike. Let's go.

- You get the hell out of here!

- F*** you, b*tch.

One day I'll own this motherf***er.

What you wanna do, huh?

[PROPRIETESS WHIMPERING]

- Police? Two black boys attacked us.

- Come on.

- F*** you, motherf***er.

RORY:
Come on.

What the f***

is wrong with you, man?

Sh*t.

Come on. Let's go.

[SIREN APPROACHING]

He ain't nowhere.

ATLAS:
It wouldn't be so bad

if this was the first time...

...but it's like a regular pattern now.

Screws up, disappears.

Screws up, disappears.

How long's he been gone this time?

Three, four days now?

- Do we even know where he is?

- Molehills, Teddy.

Molehills, huh? Last week

he threatened a teacher at school.

Last month, he's boning

some underage classmate.

We'll just have to take him

out of school.

- Take him out of school?

- Obviously, it's a bad influence on him.

He's in the tenth grade.

He needs to go to school.

What he needs is an environment

conducive to his becoming a champion.

And what if fighting don't work out?

What if he actually has to

find a job someday?

- Are we done with this conversation?

- He needs discipline, Cus.

I think we ought to suspend

his gym privileges.

I only trained two world champions.

You gonna tell me what to do?

Any other fighter, you'd have

thrown him out so long ago...

I am not gonna suspend

my best fighter! That's stupid!

- Teddy, you got visitors.

- I'm busy.

No, I'll tell you what's stupid.

Letting this punk run wild...

...because you're too scared

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James Toback

James Toback (born November 23, 1944) is an American screenwriter and film director. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1991 for Bugsy. He has directed films including The Pick-up Artist, Two Girls and a Guy and Black and White. On October 22, 2017, the Los Angeles Times reported that 38 women have accused Toback of sexual harassment or assault. Since the article was published, 357 additional women contacted Los Angeles Times and said that Toback had sexually harassed them. The accounts stretch over a 40-year period. Toback has denied all the allegations. more…

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